West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-15
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in tho we'll OF the Ellsworth Mining Conf.
hauy az n depth OF 40 feet, has now reached
thicknusS OF 40 feet, and the bottom has
not yet been roacboll. II is pwo rock salt
very strong and claimed ny experts TO be the
best ever found
Full particulars of the fire nt Newburgh
Ont, Wednesday, show that nearly 80 fami-
hes arC left without shelter, that not a bust
ness man escaped the connagration and that
only two or three CARVED an insurance, and
these for oniy small amounts. a
Fire destroyed tho Rcoring Springs, IA,
blank book factory building cud warcruom
with all the machinery, stock OF booi;- eud
large quantity Of paper; also wagon man
ufactory. los shout So 900; insurance, St2, -
900. In the absence N - aN department a
bucket brigade saved tho romahSier of the
town from destruction.
Rain IN Michigan prevented the region
about Koehlor beiug scurgcd 10y nrc Many
lumbcrcamps have boon burned during the
prolonged dry spell, aud only the sla,fswess
OF settlements has prevented repetition OF
the disasters Of a few years ago ON the Huron
peninsula
Capt, Beribon, n leader of recent Cuban
inturgent expedition, has arrived at New
Orleans. DurDg the recent trouble in HAY
ana ho planned 10 gO tU that city, accompa-
MED 10y chosen few, and 10 Walk boldly into
the Governor Generals presence and kin or
kidnap him, but the Spanish authorities got
wind of his into,tion and ho was foilcd in
that scheme.
The Gibbs Hotel at the Point Place pleas
ure resort, on Maumes Bay, ten miles from
Toledo, o., was totally destroyed by fire last
night, the guosts barely escaping with their
lives The origin OF the fire is unknown.
The building was owned 10y the Toledo Ma.
rine Company. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$500.
Two prisoners escaped from tho United
States wing Of the Territorial prison at Sioux
Falls, Oak, Wednesday Henry Edmond, in
for mail robbery, and IGd Powers, formurdcr
They threw blanket over the head ofa Dep.
uty Warden who came b lock them up. gag.
gcd and bound him and fled with $50 and two
Winchester rifles.
The Austrian consul at Bombay report,
that there were 81 ,32s deaths from cholera in
India during the month Of May.
John Thomns Ross. the negro who murder
ed "A white woman named Emily Brown,
December IL 1896 for the purpose of selling hor
body 20 "A medical college FOR Sl5, and who
confessed his crime, was executed at Balti.
moro He ate an enormous breakfast, but
had 10 bo supported on the scafrold 10y the
sheriff.
Marsh !. Polk robbed the Treasurer OF
Tennessee OF several hundred thousand dol
lars and 0ed, but was subsequently reported
10 have died, and a body represented rs his
shipped TO Bolivar, Tenn, and buried. Now
comes tho news that prominent citizen Of
Alabama, who has just returned from n
visit 10 the City Of Mexico saw Poll, In that
city, conyersed with him and found that he
Wns engaged i'm business there.
Elmer CLARK, who killed William O'Neh
at Elm Grove, near Wheeling, In February,
End vino was tried at the June torm OF the
Circuit Court for tho crime, convicted aud
sentenced 10 the Penitentlary for nine years,
succeeded in making his escape from tho
State Insane Asylum at Weston, w. Va.
Cholera Is increasing at Malta, but is largo
ly confined 10 the suburban districts
Two valuable rings, ono d present from
the Pope, were stolen from Cardinal Gibbons
residence in Baltimore, Sunday.
Wlnslow Allderdice and AIlderdice. Bishon
q Co., operating tho Warren City Rolling
MIL, at Warren, o., made an assignment for
the benefit Of their creditors to Hon. Lucian
@. Jones The deal was n great surprise, as
the firm had the reputation Of being financial
ly sound in all respects ell-informed iron
men say that the liabilities will run over 500,
600, possibly $4,000, and that the nssots fall
far short OF this amount
Henry Clair and Bookkeopor Smiley, OF
tho Stockton Hotel at Cape May, closed tho
hotel doors Monday and left 75 employees un-
paid. The owners Of tho house arc expected
TO settle the workers claims.
Over !, 900 cases Of scarlet fover are report
oil in London and the disease is increasing in
extent and virulence so rapidly that many
victims are deprived Of proper medical at
tendance through tho inbality Of tho physi-
clans employed 10 give each patient tho neccs
cary attention.
thresher engine on the farm Of William
Bumphus, at Garden Springs, twelve miles
from Mt Vernon, H., exploded, iujurng
FIVE men, three Of thcm fatally Bumphus
was blown nearly 30 pieces. another had
both legs blown on and o. third had an arm
blown On.
The State Department is advised that
Signor Cuenea Creus, Of Venezuela has
entered into "A contract with his Government
20 lay n telegraphic cable between that couu-
try and the United States.
Greenway, Smith e. Greonway's bank. a,
Warwick, England, has failed The bank
has been established for century. and
had the highest reputation for sound
ness ft Is feared the failure viii couse wide.
spread ruin
Edward Sheldon, n 10 yearold tramp. con
fosses 30 Che numbering Of Ms Ada Stone
Of Rochester, NJ Y. She refused him food.
AZ The Navy Department nothing is known
Of the reported transfer Of Rear Admiral
lace from The command Of the North At
lanta squadron 10 tho Naval War College
at Newport
Trouble is apprehended from the Blackfeet
Indians la Manitoba. Tho shooting of one
Indian, by a white and horboriug another
escaped from the Colgawy ial by his tribe
caused tho trouble
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